The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
The psalm's words are prophetic and are read in the light of Christ's crucifixion, and this promise belongs to that prophetic portion. In its setting it follows the assurance that God hears the afflicted when they cry to Him. It comes after praise and vows are offered before those who fear Him.
The promise is that the meek shall eat and be satisfied, that those who seek the Lord shall praise Him, and that their hearts shall live forever. The meek who seek the Lord are trusting, believing people who fully sense their dependence on Him and work for Him in entire trust in His guidance. God looks on them with pleasure and delights to give them good things when they ask, filling their longing and hungry hearts to fullness.
Praise to Him is the response of those who seek God in such humble dependence and are satisfied by Him. Those who humbly look to God for guidance in their individual duties and trust Him will find His grace sufficient. They do this rather than putting another person between themselves and the duty He has shown them or depending on another person as their guide.
The psalm's words are prophetic and are read in the light of Christ's crucifixion, and this promise belongs to that prophetic portion. In its setting it follows the assurance that God hears the afflicted when they cry to Him. It comes after praise and vows are offered before those who fear Him.
The promise is that the meek shall eat and be satisfied, that those who seek the Lord shall praise Him, and that their hearts shall live forever. The meek who seek the Lord are trusting, believing people who fully sense their dependence on Him and work for Him in entire trust in His guidance. God looks on them with pleasure and delights to give them good things when they ask, filling their longing and hungry hearts to fullness.
Praise to Him is the response of those who seek God in such humble dependence and are satisfied by Him. Those who humbly look to God for guidance in their individual duties and trust Him will find His grace sufficient. They do this rather than putting another person between themselves and the duty He has shown them or depending on another person as their guide.